like an angel lost at sea <br />like a swan that swallows a diamond ring <br />like the gracious exit of dreams from the mind <br />a cold, quiet mind and a whisper to heaven <br />honey, we're all going crazy <br /> <br />crazy like red eyes of animal prisons <br />like the thunder of the heart of the earth <br />gold flakes off stars that lose inhibitions <br />too soon for flight, to dropp like flies <br />too late to feel rewarded <br />honey, we don't make much sense out of love <br /> <br />love like a lawn overgrown, <br />like skies bursting with planes and innocent birds <br />love like a mess of brightness in the distance <br />like treatment to rescue old shoes <br />old ropes that bind old souls together <br />like the zoo of life beginning, growing, moving up <br />like a danger with careful fingers <br />like it or push it in the sand, like it <br />or die lonely, <br />to unlatch whatever's left of you <br />whatever you've kept of your voice <br />honey, we're all accustomed to <br />the black thorn of reality <br />the pinch, and the rush to fortify ourselves <br />invigoration <br />like sunlight kisses through jungle trees <br />the color of freedom's relief, a wild thing <br />love me like that, honey, how we were made <br />like that glorious music we hear today<br /><br />Scott Stevenson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-zoo-2/
